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LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE DIAL SIGNED 'CHARLES BERTRAND-HGER DE L'ACADEMIE RUE DES SCIENCES'
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE-MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE DIAL SIGNED 'CHARLES BERTRAND-HGER DE L'ACADEMIE RUE DES SCIENCES'
The circular white enamel dial with Arabic chapters with circular central viewing aperture displaying the movement, within a square case with foliate spandrels and surmounted by a pinecone finial, to the left with a reclining female figure reading and a putto figure playing with a globe and compass representing Literature and Geography, the ends mounted with oval portrait medallions, upon a rectangular base with beaded edges and relief frieze with panels of frolicking putti, on oak-leaf-cast circular feet
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high, 25 in. (64 cm.) wide, 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep
LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE DIAL SIGNED 'CHARLES BERTRAND-HGER DE L'ACADEMIE RUE DES SCIENCES'
The circular white enamel dial with Arabic chapters with circular central viewing aperture displaying the movement, within a square case with foliate spandrels and surmounted by a pinecone finial, to the left with a reclining female figure reading and a putto figure playing with a globe and compass representing Literature and Geography, the ends mounted with oval portrait medallions, upon a rectangular base with beaded edges and relief frieze with panels of frolicking putti, on oak-leaf-cast circular feet
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high, 25 in. (64 cm.) wide, 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep
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This lot is offered without reserve.
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This lot will be sold without reserve